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Re: [PATCH] Stop automatic dependency selection on setup.exe chooser screen


On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 05:38:24AM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
>Unmet Dependencies Found [in bold]
>The following packages are required but have not been selected.
>
>Package: binutils
>	Required by: gcc4-g++
>
>Package: gcc4-core
>	Required by: gcc4-g++
>
>[tickbox] Install these packages to meet dependencies (RECOMMENDED)
>
>(That tickbox is pre-ticked. If you untick it and click Next you get
>an appropriate warning about breaking your installation.)
>
>I think that's okay(ish), although sensitive users might read the
>sentence above the list as accusing them of failing to add the
>dependencies. How about "The following packages are required to
>satisfy dependencies of your selection."?

That sounds ok I guess.  Please check this in and I'll roll a new
setup.exe release.

Now we get to find the bug reports hiding behind this bug.

cgf


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